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GEORGI, Johann Gottlieb (1729-1802). Versuch einer Beschreibung der Russich Kayserl. Residenzstadt St. Petersburg. [An attempted description of the Imperial Capital St Petersburg]. Riga: Johann Friederich Hartknoch, 1793.
2 parts in 1 vol., 8° (204 x 120mm). One folding engraved plan, one folding engraved map (the first with a short tear). Contemporary half-calf (paper boards lightly rubbed). Provenance: ?Pettlingen (contemporary inscription on rear pastedown).
FIRST RIGA EDITION. A FINE COPY of Georgi's description of the Imperial Capital, with a fine engraved plan of St. Petersburg after Efim Chudaikov, and a map of the city's region. Johann Hartknoch had published a number of works relating to Russia in preceding years, as well as many of Kant's works, including Kritik der reinen Vernunft.
2 parts in 1 vol., 8° (204 x 120mm). One folding engraved plan, one folding engraved map (the first with a short tear). Contemporary half-calf (paper boards lightly rubbed). Provenance: ?Pettlingen (contemporary inscription on rear pastedown).
FIRST RIGA EDITION. A FINE COPY of Georgi's description of the Imperial Capital, with a fine engraved plan of St. Petersburg after Efim Chudaikov, and a map of the city's region. Johann Hartknoch had published a number of works relating to Russia in preceding years, as well as many of Kant's works, including Kritik der reinen Vernunft.
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